Spellburn

Episode 152: We’re Going to Take You Higher!

Some say DCC RPG is just for one-shots.  Some say it’s a great campaign game.  Some say it’s a great con game.  Some say it’s perfect for the home table. Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.  One thing you don’t hear a lot about is high level adventures in DCC RPG!  Why not?  And let’s make some and let’s talk about some!  I’m Judge Julian and with me tonight is a partner in crime in the 10th Doomstar, a 10th level adventure for DCC RPG.  We’ll talk about that and the other adventures that push DCC to its limits, as well as how you might enjoy running and playing your own high level DCC adventures! The 10th Doomstar Sign up for the newsletter from Dragon Peak Publishing New Year’s Evil (for Xcrawl) Colossus, Arise Congrats to James on winning the Golden Fez! Tower of Faces Dungeon Grand Prix: Smuggler’s Pass Sinister Sutures of the Sempstress Imprisoned in the God-Skull Prison of the Forsaken Bear God Burger Wars! Mouth of Mentius Curse of Mistwood

Episode 150: Invoke the Dark Master!

It’s hard to believe but here we are in Spellburn’s 150th episode.  It’s been 13 years of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG and 12 plus years of Judges J!  We wanted to mark the occasion by breaking things up a little bit with a very special guest tonight– the Dark Master who started at all, sending his thralls far and wide over the land, bringing chaos and cultists to every friendly local gaming store in search of Kovacs covers and funky dice.  And what a ride it has been– Emerald Enchanters, Savage Kings, Lankhmar, Dying Earth, Purple Planet, Shudder Mountains and even MCC RPG, not to mention the million or so multiversal variants out there like Umerica, Weird Frontiers and many many more! We’re going to talk about how we got here in 2025, where we are today and most importantly we’re going to scry the future of DCC RPG (and Goodman Games) with the help of the Dark Master! Pinball Crawl Classics & Old School Adventures! Launching in January 2026! Follow Castle Whiterock for 2026! Game Hole Con 2026 X-Crawl Rodeo! Unnatural Selections Vol. 4 Tales from the Smoking Wyrm #11 Tower of the Black Pearl

Episode 149: On to Zothique!

Marzio Muscadere barely needs any introduction any more!  He’s done a host of DCC RPG adventures, including Star Wound of Abaddon, Veiled Vaults of the Onyx Queen, Across the Veil of Time, House of Jade & Shadow and the beloved holiday adventure the Doom that Came to Christmas Town.  He’s also an authority on Mighty Deeds with his book Steel & Fury, as well as his own products like Death Slaves of Eternity and most recently Murder House.  He’s also just a super fun guest so we welcome him back to talk about his latest project (very near to my heart!), Clark Ashton Smith’s Zothique!  Welcome Judge Marz! Clark Ashton Smith’s Zothique for DCC RPG! Marz Press – Buy Marzio’s 3rd party stuff! The Marz page at Goodman-Games.com! Horror Cinema Classics RPG – Preorders page! Roxie’s Rollers – WHPA Fairhaven 3PP from Shane Kablooey! X-Crawl Classics – Road Trip – by Raorgen Games Stratosfiend 4: Bye Bye All of Stratosfiend (Orbital Intelligence!) Hirelings to Heroes! (Michael Spreademan funnel adventure!)

Episode 148: Invoke Eric Bloat

Hello Peace-friends and welcome to another episode of Spellburn! Eric Bloat, the big cheese over at Bloat Games, has been in the game publishing business since 2017, when he launched his first kickstarter Dark Places & Demogorgons. Since then he has been on a tear. Many other successful crowdfunding campaigns have come and gone. So many I cannot possibly do it justice. Vigilante City, Zombies, Evolved, The Blackest Deaths and, one of my favorites, a space marine zine called Operation: Bughunt. He publishes mainly for his own system, Survive This!, but has also released versions of his games for DCC RPG and 5th ed D&D. Tonight Spellburn invokes Eric Bloat! Bloat Games Website Bloat Games products on Goodman Games site Bloat Games PDF store Bronx Beasts (Anthropomorphic for DCC RPG) Primal Tales (Anthropomorphic for DCC) Rats of Gim (Erica Barlow / MCC RPG!) White Lies RPG

Episode 147: GENCON 2025 Wrap-up!

GENCON – sometimes known as the great gathering of our people!  Gamers come from far and wide to the amazing and fascinating tourist destination of – INDIANAPOLIS…  there they find… about 80,000 other gamers, lots of beer, pizza, food trucks, meeples and lines… especially lines!  But along with that, we have the best selection of RPGs and vendors in the world, and games aplenty on hand all day and all night long!  In 2012 after DCC RPG was released, there was no official presence at the con… NOW, we have a whole section in LucasOil stadium with a van, a gong of doom, organized play, tournaments and much much more!  We’ll review this year’s mighty deeds and fabulous fumbles– with people who were actually there–   on tonight’s Spellburn! Judge Matt’s adventure: A Conspiracy of Ravens Crowdburning inks for this episode! Angels, Daemons and Beings Between V3! Astonishing Heroes of the Public Domain Witch Lords of Skull Mountain V2 – the Malkova Wilds Weird Frontiers Reference Guide Dungeon Dwellng Creatures!